goldfish help...pic aswell

[djflipsaxo]

i really doubt ill get too much interest here lol
but i need to clean the fish tank out :(
and the internet is giving me all different ways... but i dont wanna distress the fella
any ideas? how do any of u guys do it?


as you can see.... hes barely visable... whoops


http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t191/minger0210/fish002.jpg

[Connor_scotland]

Hose pipe an syphan the water mate

Or go to the petshop an get the syphning(spelling) kit only about £5

Clean it an take half the water out an refill it an your away - Put in the water treatmant aswell

[Goldsax]

Ok now i know what im talking about...ive kept fish for 9years or so (stingrays and specilist fish not just gold fish), get some hose, or a syphon, and a clean bucket, syphon 45-50% out, get a brand new sponge (only use it for the fish tank any soap will kill him) scrub the tank glass, then syphon the water out make it clean, fill it will declorinated water (get it from a pet sop) and ur set PM me more details

[Peejous]

Tip water and fish, down the toilet. Fill up tank with clean water, buy new fish :y:

Arn't they only like 20p?

[djflipsaxo]

pay for water?????

[djflipsaxo]

Tip water and fish, down the toilet. Fill up tank with clean water, buy new fish :y:

Arn't they only like 20p?


they ripped me off for a 5er each and one died when i woke up the next day....fail

[kristel10589]

no don't pay for water, get some water conditioner from the pet shop. Then add that to the water, should last ages and won't break the bank :y:

[djflipsaxo]

i think i have some...

[kristel10589]

looking at the state of the tank your filter is probably blocked up too :y: Clean it in the old tank water (saving the good bacteria). If you rinse it under the tap you'll probably kill the fish!!!

so........
1. Empty out about 50% of the tank water
2. Using a clean*new* sponge clean the inside to get rid of the algae
3. Wash filter sponge in old tank water
4. Replace filter sponge!
5.Add the correct amount of water conditioner to some tap water
6. Add new water to tank to tank

:y:

[djflipsaxo]

put what under the tap? the filter? ok so i clean it in the fish water? ok i think i get it. ill pass this on to the fella and get him to do it...... or not lol

[davesaxovtr]

gold fish are quite hard fish so id just get a bucket of water stick the little fella in the bucket give your bowl or tank a full clean with a pad or scrubber must be a new one (dont use any cleaning products as these can harm or kill the fish ) refill with tap water with some stress coat (and chemicals if you are fussy ) fish back in .. done

p.s get a water filter as this can make you tank cleaner

[Danr]

I won my old fish at a school fair. Was a little goldfish called Billy. Lasted for 13 years.

My dad used to catch it in a glass, then pop it in the sink with some water in. Whilst doing that he changed the water in the tank with fresh stuff from the tap. Let it settle for a while to room temp. and dropped the little guy back in. All was good for that fish.

[djflipsaxo]

i wanna get it right as every fish i have dies within a month :(:(:(

[kristel10589]

If you take out all the water and replace the whole lot, you end up getting rid of all the 'good bacteria'. If they're all gone then the fish ends up swimming around in a pool of ammonia which damages gills/fins etc.....

http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/management/Nitrogen%20Cycle.jpg

hope this helps :y:

[djflipsaxo]

.... ill rep you for the effort lol

[Sophie123]

My older sister bought my niece 2 fish.
and my sister cleaned the water every week, using only bottled water - lol

needless to say, they didnt last long!

Hamsters are much less trouble?!

[kristel10589]

My older sister bought my niece 2 fish.
and my sister cleaned the water every week, using only bottled water - lol

needless to say, they didnt last long!

Hamsters are much less trouble?!

Mine isn't, it's escaped from it's cage the last 3 nights in a row, eaten away at the carpet in the hallway, and peed and poo'd everywhere!!. I've just had to tape the plastic doors up so that he can't move them from the inside :wall:

At least fish don't escape (if you have a lid for the tank!! lol)

[Sophie123]

clever hamster!
mine is annoying at the moment, he keeps removing the lid from the little house he sleeps in and he chucks it from the top of the cage, down 3 levels to the floor, then moving it back to the top and chucking it back down!

i had a hamster escape one, he lived behind the washing machine for at least a month!
We finally trapped him with some food, inside a bin, with a staircase made of books, so once he was in, he was stuck =] haha

[SAJosh]

that tanks like finding nemo meets where's wally

... I remember when I had a fish, they do funky craps.

[lemon191]

i won a gold fish at a local fair couple of months ago lol didnt even know they were allowed to keep giving them as prizes now? i gave it to my gfs friends and she put coca cola in the bag:n: poor fish never stood a chance with her lol

[Goldsax]

Right sorry for the sort reply before got busy at work lol....
Looking at the algea on the tank it looks like it is to close to natural light (ie to close to a window) you should move it out of direct sunlight, this will keep the algea do...as for cleaning, you need to do the following:
1- Get a NEW sponge, and wipe all of the glass, its important to do this before you do the water change or all the clean water you just put in will get murky.
2- once the above is done, you will need to take aprox 50% out, just get rid of that (if you have a filter keep the water and read step 5).
3- You will need water treat ment to get rid off all the chlorine and harmful chemicals, this is commonly known as de-chlorinator, can be picked up for under 2 quid
4- leave the de-chlorinted water in the bucket for 10-15mins just to make sure all the crap has been removed, and then add to tank.
5- IF you have a filter, you MUST clean the sponge in the water from your tank (the stuff you took out) this gets rid off all the muck and debris but keeps all the good bacteria on the sponge which breaks down the fishes waste, other wise you are killing the bacteria and when the fish shits, he will poision him self lol...
6- if the filter sponge needs re-placing, only replace half of it at a time. this means you will have to cut the spong in half, have on ehalf new and one half old, so the bacteria can transfere from the old to new, after a week pull the old half out and add the other new half...

That is all you need to be able to keep your fish happy and healthy....must do it twice a week if not more...once a week will be suficiant...but is better to do it more offten than never....

Hope that helps :D

[djflipsaxo]

repped mate :) u know your fish!!!

[Mochachino]

use some maguiers shampoo then clay the outside, wash again and use nxt gen wax :y: :S

[Goldsax]

repped mate :) u know your fish!!!

Thanks bud ;) work in an aquatics shop and have kept fish for over 9 years...and they be expensive fish at that 80 suid a fish lol

[djflipsaxo]

for that money id look after them well to!!i got ripped off witha dead fish!

[Goldsax]

Yeh i get that all the time at work...whos fault? haha joking...yeh i kept fish such as stingrays, and dragon fish...exotic big fish lol heres a few pics, i have since sold up tho, taking to much of my time, had school and college to deal with and my sax lol
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d138/Rust9000/DSC00165.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d138/Rust9000/DSC00602.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d138/Rust9000/DSC00155.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d138/Rust9000/DSC00087.jpg

[djflipsaxo]

makes mine look shabby.......
there also very clean hehe

ps you were right about my fish near the window :):)


http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t191/minger0210/fish001.jpg

[Goldsax]

Wow your fish was thirsty...drank half his water lol...looking at that...you havent been doing your water changes have you ;) all the water has evaporated thats whats given it away lol.....but yeh theres your problem the window ;) but dont move him into the pitch black lol....just away from the window :y:

[djflipsaxo]

but i like him by the window.... its the only place i have lol.
its not hurting him is it?
and no i have not cleaned him once.... but i am convinced he loves it!!!
HES A HAPPY FISH!

[Goldsax]

WEll there are your two problems there lol....clean him and move him and youll be set my friend...if not ill read your next thread like this lol

[djflipsaxo]

haha well ill look into putting him somewhere else.... dunno where :(:(

[Mr_suv]

buy a sucker fish! which will clean glass for you and a good pump then you will only have to clean them out once a month

[jacko18]

its only a gold fish they are hard as nails take some of the water out and put it in a bowl. take goldy out and stick him in the bowl while you give the tank a good clean with a sponge. top the tank up with fresh conditioned water and bung goldy back in hel be fine. i got tropical fish its much harder but when i had goldfish they were hard a f**K!

[Goldsax]

Tropical fish hard to keep?? u retarded?? just the same only the water is warm lol, only thing is you need to keep up with your water changes, unlike in a goldfish tank...then this happens lol...want a challenge try saltwater lol

[djflipsaxo]

oioi nothing wrong with my tank! he loves the mystery of not seeing out!
ill clean him tonight
not been too well, thought it was hayfever but now think its a cold :(:(

[Goldsax]

Did say any thing was wrong with the tank ;) you just need to keep up with the water changes buddy :D

[Jay_Saxo]

My friends daughter took her goldfish out for a walk one day when she was very little, put him in her sock and the poor thing made it through the walk and back to the bowl!! Wasnt as lucky the next time when she put him in her dolls pram! RIP Little fishy lol

[Goldsax]

lmao thats funny

[Goldsax]

But animal cruilty is bad :y: she was young ill let her off lol

[FRATEone]

goldfish are the new dogs...

[Legacy]

http://www.aquariumsecrets.com/Algae%20Eaters.htm

I have a snail in my tank... don't know if it dose much but hes still awesome! - I called him Gary

[EssexHoney]

http://www.aquariumsecrets.com/Algae%20Eaters.htm

I have a snail in my tank... don't know if it dose much but hes still awesome! - I called him Gary

My fish died a few weeks ago, id had him for absolutely years and after he died, i found a snail in my tank. I have no idea how it got in there. Ive never bought a snail for my fish tank in my life. Now it has been in there for three weeks and i dont know if i have to feed it or anything? Or does it feed on algae?

[kristel10589]

My fish died a few weeks ago, id had him for absolutely years and after he died, i found a snail in my tank. I have no idea how it got in there. Ive never bought a snail for my fish tank in my life. Now it has been in there for three weeks and i dont know if i have to feed it or anything? Or does it feed on algae?

feeds on algae i think :err:

[Goldsax]

Snails normaly come into tanks on plants...bought any plants within the last month or so?? na you dont need to feed him hell be fine slimming about cleaning stuff...but get another fishy ;)

[Goldsax]

feeds on algae i think :err:

Not strickly ;)

[EssexHoney]

I was thinking about getting another fish. Can fish and snails live together in peace?

[Goldsax]

Yip they can, some fish will eat snails tho, but only things like loaches not gold fish tho...check out my new thread in the general section...'aquatic help' ;)

[Kte]

I was thinking about getting another fish. Can fish and snails live together in peace?

Yeah so long as there isn't 100s of the things as they can over-run the tank and mess up the water quality for the fishy. The odd one won't cause any harm.

[Legacy]

My fish died a few weeks ago, id had him for absolutely years and after he died, i found a snail in my tank. I have no idea how it got in there. Ive never bought a snail for my fish tank in my life. Now it has been in there for three weeks and i dont know if i have to feed it or anything? Or does it feed on algae?

:o I want my fish to give birth to a snail!

Nar, gold fish and snails are fine together.
The snail eats algae, it will die if theres no algae. You should get some fish.

[Goldsax]

it will also eat left over food from the fishes to :D

[Legacy]

My fish don't leave food!